Orlova Chuka Cave

 interesting place, natural monument, tourist cave, paleoanthropological site

Orlova Chuka (Bulgarian: Орлова чука) is a cave situated in the Danubian Plain, north-eastern Bulgaria on the left slopes of the Cherni Lom River Valley. It is located in Ruse Province at 11 km to the east of the town of Dve Mogili, 3 km to north of the village of Pepelina, and 45 km south of the capital of the province, Ruse. With a total length of 13,437 m, Orlova Chuka is the second longest cave in the country after Duhlata. The cave was discovered in 1941 and opened for tourists in 1957. Orlova Chuka is home to 14 species of bats.
According to the register of the Bulgarian Speleological Federation, the Orlova Chuka cave is № 0103.

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In order to protect the Orlova Chuka Cave, it and the area around have been declared аs natural monument with Order № 2810 of October 10, 1962 by the General Directorate of Forestry at the Council of Ministers, promulgated in issue № 56/1963 of the State Gazette in order to protect the Orlova Chuka Cave.
Area: 82.23 hectares.
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www.protectedplanet.net/176589
eunis.eea.europa.eu/sites/176589